Lawyer for academic and journalist Mehmet Altan appeals to ECtHR against Turkey’s top judicial...
The lawyer for academic and journalist Mehmet Altan, who was imprisoned after a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, has filed a complaint...
Report reveals 26 dockyard workers died in the last seven months
A total of 26 dockyard workers have died in workplace accidents in the last seven months according to a report released by the Occupational...
25-year-old man dies under suspicious circumstances at police station in Manisa province
A 25-year-old man died last night under suspicious circumstances at a police station in the western Turkish province of Manisa, the Duvar news website...
RSF condemns increasing attacks on journalists in Turkey
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Germany has condemned the increasing attacks and threats against journalists in Turkey, Deutsche Welle Turkish Service (DW) reported.
RSF said they...
Turkish authorities permanently ban Evrensel daily from publishing public ads
Turkish authorities have permanently canceled the leftist Evrensel daily’s license to publish public ads, a significant source of revenue for newspapers, on the grounds...
Mother of man arrested on terrorism links says son subjected to severe mistreatment in...
The mother of Emir Karakum, who was arrested in December 2021 for alleged links to terrorist organizations, said he had been subjected to severe...
Woman arrested on Gülen links says in letter her children were left to the...
A woman who was arrested due to alleged links to the Gülen movement said in a letter to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer...
Turkish justice minister promises reforms to improve healthcare in prisons
Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ has said reforms will be made to improve the care of sick inmates in Turkish prisons.
Speaking to the Türkiye...
Occupational safety expert sparks outrage for trying to fit dead worker with safety harness...
An occupational safety expert sparked outrage after he tried to fit a safety harness on the lifeless body of a 19-year-old dockyard worker who...
No ruling from top court in case of maid found dead in AKP deputy’s...
Although it has been 27 months since an application was filed at Turkey’s Constitutional Court regarding the suspicious death of an Uzbek maid in...
Latest Reports
New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...
Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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This report reveals how the Turkish government has transformed its embassies and consulates into instruments of repression over the past decade. Once seen...
The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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This report examines how children from families targeted in Turkey’s unprecedented post-coup purge have endured the devastating consequences of persecution, social exclusion and...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...
Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...